The Full (Green) Cleveland 04 january 200706 July 2009
How green is…Cleveland? Cleveland, Ohio is commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Cuyahoga River fire by celebrating the re-birth of a much greener city. The fire occurred on June 22, 1969 when some molten steel fell from a passing train into a slick of industrial waste floating on the water’s surface. This led to a groundbreaking piece of legislation, The Clean Water Act of 1972, that sparked a major environmental movement. Cleveland has since taken great strides to become a green city on
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